Oliver Ruse, 37,a
British man has killed his Zambian-born wife
before committing suicide by leaping a six-storey car park in Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.
It was learnt
that Ruse left ‘heartbroken’ after his wife Debbie left him and their four
children and moved abroad and what upset him further was when his came back and
requested access to their daughters and demanded half the family business, which
was founded by his great-great-grandfather.
A family friend,
who asked not to be named, said Mr Ruse had been on anti-depressants since his
wife’s return, adding: ‘Nobody can quite believe that he did something so
terrible. The whole village is in deep shock.’
Another friend
said: ‘She [Mrs Ruse] came back and demanded half the business. Times are hard
and it was just the last straw. Ollie was also a devoted father and he dreaded
the thought of her becoming involved with the kids again.’
A family friend said: ‘Oliver did everything
to accommodate his wife and treated her like a queen. When she got involved in
a happy-clappy church, he got embroiled in it as well.
Officers refused
to reveal the cause of her death yesterday. Post-mortem examinations are due to
take place over the weekend.
The couple’s
daughters, aged eight, 11, 12, and 16, were being comforted by family members
last night.
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